By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THIRTY scholars in the University of Abuja have won a total of N1.1 billion grant in research and publishing. Presenting medals to the scholars comprising ten researchers and 20 authors, at the university’s main campus,the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, expressed happiness that the university had churned out scholars who were torching […]

Distressed  former Textile workers in Kaduna State have appealed to the management of Arewa Textile limited to pay their entitlements before selling off the mill.

A middle- aged man (name withheld) suspected to be the ring-leader of a deadly gang that specializes in raping and using teenagers for rituals has been arrested by the police in Zone 13, Anambra State. 

SUNDAY, December 12, 2021 marked Gernot Rohr’s final day as coach of Nigeria’s senior male national football team, the Super Eagles, after five years on the saddle. Rohr’s sack was announced by the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, after a virtual meeting of the Executive Committee. “The relationship between […]

An event, on the other hand, is intended to entertain or keep one in a happy cheery manner. This may qualify as a result of the activities and agenda for that day. While this is true, comedy and music are a unifying form of communication that can be found in almost every country today. As […]

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday has predicted that 2022 will be a better year for Nigerians.

The Niger Government has restated its commitment to flush out bandits and other criminal elements in the State.

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-A total of 3,000 youths drawn from the North Central geopolitical zone of the country are currently being trained in vocational skills by the federal government. The youths trained under the programme, tagged:”N-knowledge Life Skills Acquisition Programme”,of the N-Power Scheme,would be given start-up items including laptops upon graduation next week,Tuesday. The three-month […]

The Ekiti Chief Judge, Justice John Adeyeye, has released 69 awaiting trial inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Center in Ado Ekiti. Adeyeye granted the inmates freedom on Thursday, during his first official visit to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Ado Ekiti since assumption of duty in June. The released inmates were those who committed lesser […]

BREAD bakers in Lagos have protested crippling challenges of doing business in the state and appealed to the state government to save their business and the jobs of no fewer than one million people whose livelihoods are threatened by what they described as “unbearable intimidation, and harassment by state agencies.’’

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 80 persons have so far died from Lassa fever as of Thursday. The NCDC’s disclosed the information during its routine situation report of Lassa Fever  outbreak in the country on in Abuja. According to NCDC report, 434 cases have been reported in the country. The NCDC report, named […]

By Owei Lakemfa FOUR foreigners identified as diplomats leaving Botswana on November 11, 2021 tested positive to what turned out to be a new variant of COVID-19 which has now come to be identified as Omicron. This variant was unknown to science. However, South African doctors led by Angelique Coetzee by November 24, 2021 correctly […]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari as he turned 79 on Friday. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba extended the goodwill of the government and people of the state to the President on the birth anniversary. READ ALSO:Police ‘lies’ made me spend 29 […]

By Chioma Obinna A Nigerian-based healthcare logistics company, Health Emergency Linkage Portal , HELP, has launched its mobile application to ensure Nigerians get swift access to emergency care when they need it.  Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HELP, Deji Faborode, said the goal of the HELP app was to ease the bottlenecks around medical […]

By Azu Ishiekwene IT’S not been a merry run up to Christmas for many Nigerian travellers. It all started with Canada, Saudi Arabia, and then the UK, red-listing Nigeria (and 10 other African countries) for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in spite of relatively low reported cases. If there were any remaining doubts about COVID-19 […]